Men&#39;s Underwear

ABSTRACT

A male undergarment for securing a penis may comprise tubular cloth penis retaining member(s); pouch-like scrotum retaining member(s) enveloping penis retaining member(s); front connecting cord(s) secured to region(s) at front(s) of penis retaining member(s) and scrotum retaining member(s); and back connecting cord(s) secured to region(s) at back(s) of penis retaining member(s) and scrotum retaining member(s). Front connecting cord(s) may comprise cord(s) for retaining the penis; and cord(s) for retaining the scrotum. There may also be opening(s) formed at back end(s) of penis retaining member(s) and scrotum retaining member(s). Back end(s) of penis retaining member(s) and back end(s) of scrotum retaining member(s) may be mutually connected and secured.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a male undergarment for securing andretaining the male penis.

BACKGROUND ART

Although it is the case that, in pursuit of comfort and other suchfunctionality as well as visual attractiveness, various forms ofundergarments have conventionally been provided as male lower bodyundergarments, these have for the most part been undergarments thatordinarily retain the penis and scrotum in their natural state, which isdownwardly directed due to gravity.

However, the present inventor(s) have provided a male undergarment(penis retainer) for implementing a novel penis securing method wherebythe penis is reliably secured as a result of its being tucked into thecrotch area in a state in which it is inserted within a tubular clothmember, this being disclosed, for example, at Patent References Nos. 1and 2.

PRIOR ART REFERENCES Patent References Patent Reference No. 1: JapanesePatent No. 4177448 Patent Reference No. 2: Japanese Registered UtilityModel No. 3143285 SUMMARY OF INVENTION Problems to be Solved by theInvention

The aforementioned penis retainer (male undergarment) penis securingmethod makes it possible, by tucking the penis into the crotch area in astate in which it is pulled backward from below, to reliably and stablysecure the penis to the human body without imparting discomfort to thewearer.

However, with the penis retainer in the aforementioned installed state,because the penis which is in this state in which it is pulled backwardfrom below is tucked into the crotch area, this causes the scrotum to besandwiched between the penis and the crotch area. Note that the twotestes (testicles) enclosed within the scrotum will at this timeordinarily be separated such that one is displaced to the left and theother is displaced to the right by the penis.

Accordingly, with the penis retainer in the aforementioned installedstate, although a state is achieved whereby the scrotum is securedcentrally between the left and right sides thereof, being sandwichedbetween the penis and the bottom of the crotch area, the two testes arefree to move about and are not reliably secured with respect to thehuman body. This being the case, were the wearer to engage in vigorousactivity, movement of the testes or similar complications might beannoying or cause loss of concentration.

The present invention was conceived in light of such problems, it beingan object thereof to provide a male undergarment that makes it possiblefor the penis, scrotum, and testes to be reliably and stably securedwith respect to the human body.

Means for Solving the Problems

To solve the foregoing problems, a male undergarment associated with thepresent invention, in the context of a male undergarment for securing apenis by tucking the penis into a crotch area, is characterized in thatthe male undergarment comprises a tubular cloth penis retaining memberthat, during installation on a human body, is mounted below the crotchand allows the penis to be inserted into an interior space from a frontopening thereof; a pouch-like scrotum retaining member that, duringinstallation on the human body, envelops the penis retaining member andenshrouds the entire scrotum from the front opening, completely coveringthe penis, the testes, and the entire scrotum; a front connecting cord,one end of which is secured to a region at the front of the penisretaining member and a region at the front of the scrotum retainingmember; and a back connecting cord, one end of which is secured to aregion at the back of the penis retaining member and a region at theback of the scrotum retaining member; wherein, during installation onthe human body, installation takes place as the region at the front ofthe penis retaining member and the region at the front of the scrotumretaining member are pulled upward from in front of the human body, andthe region at the back of the penis retaining member and the region atthe back of the scrotum retaining member are pulled upward from behindthe human body, by securing the front connecting cord and the backconnecting cord to the human body and/or a member installed on the humanbody.

Effect of the Invention

A male undergarment associated with the present invention makes itpossible for the penis, scrotum, and testes to be reliably and stablysecured with respect to the human body.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a male undergarment associated with thepresent embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a penis retaining member in the maleundergarment associated with the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a scrotum retaining member in the maleundergarment associated with the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the male undergarment associated with thepresent embodiment as it might appear when placed in front of the humanbody for installation thereon.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the male undergarment associated with thepresent embodiment as it might appear when worn.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the male undergarment associated withthe present embodiment as it might appear when worn.

EMBODIMENTS FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the present invention will first be described in detailwith reference to FIG. 1 through FIG. 3. FIG. 1 is a perspective view ofa male undergarment associated with the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is aperspective view of a penis retaining member in the male undergarmentassociated with the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view ofa scrotum retaining member in the male undergarment associated with thepresent embodiment. At FIG. 1 through FIG. 3, note that a region atlower left in the drawing corresponds to the front of the member inquestion, and would, during installation on a human body, be placed infront of the human body.

As shown in FIG. 1, a male undergarment associated with the presentembodiment is equipped with penis retaining member 10, scrotum retainingmember 20, and connecting member 30 for installing penis retainingmember 10 and scrotum retaining member 20 on a human body. Penisretaining member 10 is equipped with cloth tube 11 having tubularportion 13 within which a penis is inserted during installation on thehuman body.

At FIG. 2, a region at lower left in the drawing (toward 14 a, 14 b)corresponds to the front of penis retaining member 10. Duringinstallation on the human body, the penis is inserted from a frontopening of tubular portion 13, and penis retaining member 10 is arrangedsuch that the front thereof is placed in front of the human body, andwhile in this state, is placed below the crotch so as to extend in adirection along a line connecting the front and back of the human body.

Penis retaining member 10 is formed from stocking material, tubularportion 13 being constituted by stitching together the edge regions ateither side of two slender rectangular (strap-shaped) pieces of stockingmaterial 11, 12. At FIG. 2, stocking material piece 11 is disposed so asto be the upper piece, and stocking material piece 12 is disposed so asto be the lower piece.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2, upper rectangular stocking materialpiece 11 is shorter than lower stocking material piece 12. Furthermore,stocking material pieces 11, 12 are stitched together such that the backends thereof are made to coincide; and, at the front portion of penisretaining member 10, no tubular portion is formed, only lower stockingmaterial piece 12 being present thereat.

Furthermore, front connecting cords 31 a, 31 b are respectivelyconnected to edge regions 14 a, 14 b at the left and right sides of thefront end of penis retaining member 10, and back connecting cords 32 a,32 b are respectively connected to edge regions 15 a, 15 b at the leftand right sides of the back end thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, scrotum retaining member 20 is equipped withpouch-like pouch 21 which is open at the front and back ends thereof andwhich envelops penis retaining member 10, this pouch 21 being shaped soas to have large diameter at the front opening 22 thereof and so as togradually become narrower toward the back end thereof starting from apoint roughly midway along the direction of a line connecting the frontand back thereof. Furthermore, creased regions 25 a, 25 b arerespectively formed at left and right inside the back end region ofpouch 21. Furthermore, front connecting cords 33 a, 33 b arerespectively connected to edge regions 24 a, 24 b at left and rightsides of the front end of pouch 21.

As shown in FIG. 1, when penis retaining member 10 and scrotum retainingmember 20 are in a state such that they form a single integralstructure, tubular penis retaining member 10 assumes a state such thatit extends along the interior of pouch 21 of pouch-like scrotumretaining member 20. Furthermore, the front end of lower stockingmaterial piece 12, which constitutes the front end of penis retainingmember 10, is stitched along the end edge thereof so as to be sewntogether with the front end of scrotum retaining member 20, causingpenis retaining member 10 and scrotum retaining member 20 to form asingle integral structure.

Furthermore, the diameter of the opening at the back end of penisretaining member 10 and the diameter of the opening at the back end ofscrotum retaining member 20 are of the same size, and creased regions 25a, 25 b at the back end of pouch 21 of scrotum retaining member 20 arerespectively stitched together with and secured to end regions 15 a, 15b at either side at the back end of penis retaining member 10. It istherefore possible, by pulling up on back connecting cords 32 a, 32 b,to pull up the back end regions of both the penis retaining member 10and the scrotum retaining member 20 such that these aresecured/installed with respect to the human body.

Note that because, as described below, the total length of penisretaining member 10 is slightly greater than the total length of penisretaining member 20, the constitution is such that the back end oftubular portion 12 of penis retaining member 10 protrudes somewhat tothe exterior past the opening at the back end of scrotum retainingmember 20.

But because front connecting cords 31 a, 31 b connected to the front endof penis retaining member 10, and front connecting cords 33 a, 33 bconnected to the front end of scrotum retaining member 20, arerespectively independent, it is possible to pull on the respectiveconnecting cords 31, 33 so as to apply any appropriate desired tensionto each of the retaining members 10, 20. This makes it possible toretain and secure the penis and scrotum—which differ in shape, location,and so forth from wearer to wearer—in a state that is suited to eachrespective wearer.

Note that, as was the case with penis retaining member 10, scrotumretaining member 20 and connecting member 30 (front connecting cords 31,33; back connecting cords 32) are also manufactured from stockingmaterial which is highly flexible.

Next, description will be given with respect to the size of maleundergarment 1 when in its unstretched state prior to installation. Thetotal length of penis retaining member 10 is 130 mm, and the insidediameter of the tubular portion 13 thereof is 25 mm. Furthermore, thetotal length of scrotum retaining member 20 is 120 mm, inside diameterof the front opening 22 being 50 mm, and inside diameter of the backopening being 25 mm.

Of course, the material from which penis retaining member 10 and scrotumretaining member 20 are constituted is not limited to stocking material,it being possible to vary this as appropriate so long as cloth membersare employed. Note, however, that employment of material(s) having highflexibility is desirable for stably securing the penis, testes, and soforth. Furthermore, it goes without saying that sizes of the respectivemembers making up male undergarment 1 may be varied as appropriate tosuit the wearer. Furthermore, rubber and other such material(s) otherthan cloth members may be used for connecting member 30.

Detailed description of the constitution of male undergarment 1 havingbeen given above, a procedure for installing male undergarment 1 willnext be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a topview of the male undergarment associated with the present embodiment asit might appear when placed in front of the human body for installationthereon. As shown in same drawing, when installing male undergarment 1on a human body, male undergarment 1 is first placed in front of thehuman body in a state such that the front of male undergarment 1 is madeto face upward, and such that the region thereof at which the front endsof penis retaining member 10 and scrotum retaining member 20 arestitched together is made to face away.

Penis retaining member 10 is then installed on the penis. Specifically,the penis is inserted into tubular portion 13 until the glans penis isexposed as it protrudes from the back end of tubular portion 13. Becausepenis retaining member 10 is made from stocking material which is highlyflexible, once installed thereon the entire tubular portion 13 adheresto the surface of the penis and the penis is prevented from easilycoming free from tubular portion 13.

Moreover, by causing the foreskin to retract so as to completely exposethe glans penis, it is possible to achieve a situation such that evenshould the penis attempt to come free from tubular portion 13 it wouldbe prevented from coming free by virtue of the fact that the coronaglandis portion thereof would be captured by the edge at the back end oftubular portion 13. Even where the wearer is a person with incompletephimosis, it is therefore desirable when inserting the penis intotubular portion 13 that this be done in such fashion as to cause theglans penis to be completely exposed.

The penis, which is inserted within penis retaining member 10, is thendirected downward and is pulled backward, and penis retaining member 10,within which the penis is inserted, is arranged below the crotch so asto extend in a direction along a line connecting front and back, andwhile in this state, is secured to the human body as front connectingcords 31 a, 31 b, one end of each of which is connected to the front endof penis retaining member 10, and back connecting cords 32 a, 32 b, oneend of each of which is connected to the back end thereof, are liftedupward. This causes penis retaining member 10 to, firstly, be reliablyinstalled on the human body.

Specifically, as front connecting cords 31 a, 31 b are pulled upward,they are respectively made to go around and toward the back from theleft side and the right side of the human body in the general vicinityof the region above the hipbone, the respective ends thereof being tiedto each other behind the human body. Moreover, as back connecting cords32 a, 32 b are pulled upward, they are respectively made to go aroundand toward the front from the left side and the right side of the humanbody in the general vicinity of the region above the hipbone, therespective ends thereof being tied to each other in front of the humanbody.

By so doing, the downwardly directed penis inserted within penisretaining member 10 is pulled backward from below, in which state it isreliably secured by being surfacially tucked into the crotch areathereabove by the bottom surface of tubular portion 13. At this time,the scrotum is sandwiched between the penis and the crotch area, beingreliably secured as a result of being tucked against the bottom surfaceof the crotch area by the penis. Furthermore, because the penis islocated between the two testes, the two testes, while in this state,will be in a state such that there is a small tendency for them to moveabout freely.

Next, as front opening 22 of scrotum retaining member 20 is widened,pouch 21 is made to enshroud the scrotum so as to cover the testes andthe entire scrotum. With these in this state, as front connecting cords33 a, 33 b, one end of each of which is connected to the front end ofscrotum retaining member 20, are pulled upward, they are respectivelymade to go around and toward the back from the left side and the rightside of the human body in the general vicinity of the region above thehipbone, the respective ends thereof being tied to each other behind thehuman body.

Note that creased regions 25 a, 25 b at the back end of scrotumretaining member 20 are respectively connected and secured to back ends15 a, 15 b of penis retaining member 10. It is therefore the case asdescribed above that as back connecting cords 32 a, 32 b are pulledupward to secure this to the human body, this causes occurrence of astate in which the back end of scrotum retaining member 20 is alsopulled upward. This causes the scrotum retaining member 20 to also bereliably secured with respect to the human body and causes the testes tobe lifted up by pouch-like scrotum retaining member 20 and assume astate wherein they are tucked into the crotch area.

While installation of male undergarment 1 has been described above, itgoes without saying that installation may take place through use ofother procedures, the foregoing installation procedure being merely oneexample thereof. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show the male undergarment associatedwith the present embodiment as it might appear when worn. FIG. 5 is afront view showing the male undergarment as it might appear when worn,and FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the male undergarment as it mightappear when worn.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when male undergarment 1 is worn, penisretaining member 10, at which penis P is inserted within tubular portion13, testes K, which are located to either side of penis P, and thescrotum are enveloped by scrotum retaining member 20 such that penis P,testes K, and the scrotum are covered and concealed by male undergarment1.

Furthermore, as testes K, displaced to either side by penis P which istucked into the crotch area in a downwardly directed state, are liftedup and tucked into the crotch area while being enveloped by pouch-likescrotum retaining member 20, this permits each to be separately secured.Note that, as shown in FIG. 6, the glans portion at the tip of penis Pis in a state such that it is exposed where it protrudes from the backopenings of penis retaining member 10 and scrotum retaining member 20beneath the crotch. Accordingly, a wearer of male undergarment 1 is ableto carry out urination while wearing male undergarment 1.

The male undergarment associated with the present embodiment having beendescribed in detail above, the present embodiment makes it possible notonly for the downwardly directed penis to be stably secured as a resultof being tucked into the crotch area by the penis retaining member, butalso makes it possible for the two testes, which are displaced to eitherside by the penis, to be stably secured as a result of being tucked intothe crotch area together with the scrotum. Furthermore, because stockingmaterial which is highly flexible is employed as the scrotum retainingmember, it is possible for the testes to be enveloped and secured insoft fashion without causing the wearer to feel pain.

And with regard to the manner in which the penis is secured, becausetucking thereof is made to occur in overlapping fashion by the penisretaining member and the scrotum retaining member, it is possible tomore stably secure the penis by tucking it into the crotch area indownwardly directed fashion than would be the case were the penisretaining member used alone. Accordingly, even when engaged, forexample, in sports or other such vigorous activity, this makes itpossible to prevent occurrence of situations in which there would beannoyance or unpleasant sensation due to movement of penis, scrotum,testes, and so forth.

Furthermore, in accordance with the present embodiment, because, whenthe penis, testes, and scrotum are in a state in which they are securedas a result of being tucked into the crotch area, these are covered andconcealed by the scrotum retaining member, the external appearance ofthe undergarment as it is worn is also satisfactory.

Note that the embodiments of the present invention are of course notlimited to the foregoing embodiment, any number of variations beingpossible without departing from the gist of the present invention. Forexample, whereas in the foregoing embodiment the penis retaining memberand the scrotum retaining member were partially sewn together to form asingle integral constitution, these may be made to form a singleintegral structure by, for example, tying, buttoning, securing by meansof surface fasteners, and/or the like. Furthermore, it is possible notto cause these to form a single integral structure but to keep themseparate.

Furthermore, whereas, in the foregoing embodiment, connecting cords, oneend of which were connected to the penis retaining member and thescrotum retaining member, were employed as connecting members forsecuring the male undergarment to the human body, said connecting cordsbeing tied about the hipbone of the human body, the location at whichthe connecting cords are secured may be any arbitrary location, it beingpossible to do this, for example, at the shoulders by wrapping about theneck or the like. Furthermore, waist cord(s) secured about the waistand/or connecting cord(s) secured to undergarment(s) or other suchmember(s) installed on the human body may be employed.

Furthermore, whereas, in the foregoing embodiment, separate connectingcords for penis retaining member and scrotum retaining member wereemployed as front connecting cords, it is also possible to employdual-purpose cords as was the case with the back connecting cords.

EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

-   1 Male undergarment-   10 Penis retaining member-   13 Tubular portion-   20 Scrotum retaining member-   21 Pouch-   30 Connecting member

1. A male undergarment for securing a penis by tucking the penis into acrotch area, the male undergarment being characterized in that the maleundergarment comprises: a tubular cloth penis retaining member that,during installation on a human body, is mounted below the crotch andallows the penis to be inserted into an interior space from a frontopening thereof; a pouch-like scrotum retaining member that, duringinstallation on the human body, envelops the penis retaining member andenshrouds the entire scrotum from the front opening, completely coveringthe penis, the testes, and the entire scrotum; at least one frontconnecting cord, one end of which is secured to a region at the front ofthe penis retaining member and a region at the front of the scrotumretaining member; and at least one back connecting cord, one end ofwhich is secured to a region at the back of the penis retaining memberand a region at the back of the scrotum retaining member; wherein,during installation on the human body, installation takes place as theregion at the front of the penis retaining member and the region at thefront of the scrotum retaining member are pulled upward from in front ofthe human body, and the region at the back of the penis retaining memberand the region at the back of the scrotum retaining member are pulledupward from behind the human body, by securing the at least one frontconnecting cord and the at least one back connecting cord to the humanbody and/or a component installed on the human body.
 2. A maleundergarment according to claim 1 characterized in that the at least onefront connecting cord comprises at least one cord for retaining thepenis which is connected to the region at the front of the penisretaining member; and at least one cord for retaining the scrotum whichis different from the at least one cord for retaining the penis andwhich is connected to the region at the front of the scrotum retainingmember.
 3. A male undergarment according to claim 1 characterized inthat an opening is formed at a back end of the penis retaining memberand an opening is formed at a back end of the scrotum retaining member.4. A male undergarment according to claim 2 characterized in that anopening is formed at a back end of the penis retaining member and anopening is formed at a back end of the scrotum retaining member.
 5. Amale undergarment according to claim 1 characterized in that a back endof the penis retaining member and a back end of the scrotum retainingmember are mutually connected and secured while in a state such that thescrotum retaining member envelops the penis retaining member.
 6. A maleundergarment according to claim 2 characterized in that a back end ofthe penis retaining member and a back end of the scrotum retainingmember are mutually connected and secured while in a state such that thescrotum retaining member envelops the penis retaining member.